The West Diamond community has scored a major victory in its fight against Go Transit’s piledriving noise.

“I’m pleased to announce that GO Transit has agreed to take concrete steps to reduce the noise. For the residents who have suffered for so long, I am delighted,” said Parkdale-High Park NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo.

NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo’s office has learned that GO Transit is preparing to test quieter French pile driving technology for the West Toronto Diamond project due to the activism of local residents, pressure from the press and relentless questioning of Liberal Transportation Minister Jim Bradley.

NDP Transportation Critic Gilles Bisson today questioned the effectiveness of the Ministry of Transportation’s driver licensing practices in the wake of several troubling incidents.

The latest cause for concern: the case of a Kingston-area man who managed to obtain a driver’s licence even after he received a lifetime driving ban for killing four people while driving drunk.

NDP MPP Paul Ferreira was in Toronto today to call for fair gas prices for working Ontarians. He invited motorists to fight back against gas-price gouging by taking part in "Pump Shock in pictures" - an NDP campaign that lets everyday Ontarians blow the whistle on Ontario's worst gas-price rip-off artists.

NDP MPP Gilles Bisson today invited motorists to fight back against gas-price gouging by taking part in "Pump Shock in pictures" - an NDP campaign that lets everyday Ontarians blow the whistle on Ontario's worst gas-price rip-off artists.

NDP MPP Gilles Bisson says gas prices must be regulated to prevent the kind of price gouging that Ontarians are being faced with this week.

"Dalton McGuinty has done nothing to protect drivers from sky-rocketing gas prices," Bisson said.